Internet goes into meltdown after The Krankies' swinging revelations

THE Krankies set the internet abuzz yesterday after revealing they used to be swingers.

THE Krankies set the internet abuzz yesterday after revealing they used to be swingers.

Children’s favourites Ian and Janette Tough’s startling confession, which was first reported in our sister paper the Sunday Mail, has smashed their family-friendly image.

The husband-and-wife panto duo said they once had an “anywhere, any time” attitude to sex and only gave up sleeping around because they worried their lovers were getting jealous.

Their admission stunned fans and Twitter exploded as a generation who remember The Krankies as hosts of BBC children’s programme Crackerjack tried to come to terms with a whole new side to Janette’s famous naughty schoolboy, wee Jimmy.

As the news went viral, one tweeter wrote: “What next? Orville the dominatrix duck?!”

Referring to The Krankies’ favourite show song, another added: “Would you like to swing on a star?”

And many people’s reaction was summed up in a tweet that said: “FAN-DABBY-DISTURBING!”

The legendary entertainers giggled as they told presenter Edi Stark about their wild days in a BBC Radio Scotland interview broadcast yesterday morning.

Ian also admitted he once punched pompous magician Paul Daniels.

The couple, both aged 64, met when they were 18 and got married three years later.

Their saucy revelation came a day after their latest panto, Robinson Crusoe And The Caribbean Pirates, opened at the SECC in Glasgow.